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The suspect behind the June 25 dynamite explosion at the Rivers State-owned Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt was on police ‘Wanted List” before the incident. READ ALSO:Police to secretly arraign Lenin, others today over hunger protests NAN reports that a dynamite explosion happened on June 25 near Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt during a protest…
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A British diplomat based in Ireland resigned over arms sales to Israel with his email circulated online, saying the UK's foreign office "may be complicit in war crimes", it emerged Monday. Images of his resignation email sent to colleagues were posted online, with Mark Smith, who was based in the British embassy in Dublin, writing…
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Divers searched off the Italian island of Sicily Monday for six people missing after a superyacht sank during a sudden storm, killing at least one person, officials said. The 56-metre-long luxury yacht had been moored off Porticello, east of Palermo, when violent winds and rains swept suddenly up the coast before dawn, tearing through beach…
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A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has called for the reconsideration of Nigeria's Bicameral legislature to enhance good governance in the country. He said bicameralism offers potential benefits such as preventing hasty legislation, promoting the division of labour, and providing checks and balances, that were not amply manifested in the context of…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will commence distribution of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in Edo State from Thursday August 22 ahead of the governorship election in the state. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Monday in Abuja, said the PVCs…
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More reactions have continued to trail the order by Justice Slyvanius Oriji of FCT high court restricting Abuja protesters to the MKO Abiola National Stadium. An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Christopher Adie, said the court had powers which is contained in the constitution to grant such orders. “The powers of a Court of law are enormous;…
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Igbo women, under the auspices of the Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), have said that it will be difficult for Ndigbo to fully embrace the All Progressives Congress (APC) due to the way the party has treated the region since 2015. The National President of the group, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, told reporters after their meeting in…
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A 95-year-old Kenyan man married his 90-year-old long-time sweetheart at the weekend, six decades after they first met, local media reported on Monday. Ibrahim Mbogo walked down the aisle with Tabitha Wangui at a white wedding at a church on Sunday, private media outlet Citizen Digital reported."We met and fell in love in 1960, do…
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Kwara State Government has arrested 75 environmental offenders across the state within a week, the Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge has disclosed. The Commissioner revealed this in Ilorin over the weekend during the inspection of operational vehicles of the contracted waste collectors to ascertain their efficiency and durability. Buge said: "government will not…
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As bumper harvests are being recorded in parts of Nigeria, the expected multiplier effects on the prices of farm produce have been a mixed-grilled in Kano, Kaduna and Katsina States. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the prices have gone down in parts of Kano State, as well as Zaria and Kafanchan in…